Gaggenau vs. Miele Induction Cooktops (Reviews / Ratings / Prices)

If you are looking for a premium induction cooktop, then you probably are considering Miele and/or Gaggenau.

They are very different cooktops from polar opposite type companies.

In this article, we will look at induction and how it works. Then we will compare both Miele and Gaggenau as well as both products.

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Induction Cooking

Induction is magnetic heat which excites the metal in the pan to create heat. Traditional electric heats the glass and the glass heats the pan. With induction, the pan acts as the heating element and cooks the food. (Read more about the Science of Induction here).

Induction is also much faster than even professional gas cooking with far less heat loss. It is also the most child safe, because the burner needs to sense metal to activate. Venting is much easier for induction as there is far less wasted heat.

Watch: The Basics of Induction Cooking

Gaggenau

Gaggenau was founded in 1681 by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden, as an iron works company in the small German town of Gaggenau. The company originally produced coal-fired cookers and gas cooktops. As new technology emerged, Gaggenau utilized it to become a leader in manufacturing of induction cooktops.

In 1995, Gaggenau became part of BSH Bosch, and Siemens home appliance division. Recently, Bosch has reinvigorated the brand with new products and a better warranty. The quality of their product is one of the best in the industry.

Miele

Miele is the largest family owned appliance company and based out of Germany. They are best known for the superior quality of their products. Miele products are designed, tested, and manufactured exclusively in Germany. This devotion to quality translates to longer life on average. In fact, Miele is the least serviced major brand of appliances sold at Yale.

Which Should You Buy?

First, both brands are great choices. Gaggenau’s and Miele’s reliability rates are almost identical at a low 2.9% service calls within the first year. That statistic is 10% better than the next brand. So, both are incredibly reliable.

Miele is less expensive (for perhaps the only time in 7 years of blogging). Their wattage is decent especially on the power burner.

However, Gaggenau is quite simply the future of cooking. With no burners, it allows for maximum flexibility. The warranty on the Gaggenau is two years, but can increase up to seven years with other Gaggenau purchases.

Additional Resources

Looking for more information on Induction Cooking? Download the free Yale Induction Cooking Buying Guide with features, specs and inside tips to all the brands. Well over 110,000 have read a Yale Guide.

WHY SHOULD YOU TRUST US?

A few review sites have placed this at the bottom of their articles. So here is our take: Our mission is to find reliable products for you to buy. Other review sites may say this as well.

However, we don’t love every product. Quite frankly, it costs us way too much money in repair costs to support less reliable brands.

In fact, we sell fewer brands than most appliance stores. Here is why:

We feel it is our responsibility to repair your appliances after you buy them.

We now have 30 service technicians, each averaging 8-10 calls a day Monday through Friday, plus another 110 on Saturday. That's over 30,000 service calls logged in one year.

The labor rates of fixing an appliance do not come close to the true cost in any product’s warranty period.

That is why no major retailer has a service department. It costs too much labor, money and time.

Our Blog is a bit different than most others you will read. We cannot write glowing reviews of unreliable products.

Hopefully, the bloggers and organizations who write such glowing product reviews for every brand consider servicing these products first. Only then they will understand the consequences of their marketing.

Chris Tavares

Chris Tavares is an Appliance Sales Associate at Yale Appliance + Lighting and has been with Yale for over 10 years. When not helping clients, Chris is a huge Patriots fan and enjoys cooking.

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